Back to the Basics

Yes, it's time for an overhaul. The artist in me hasn't disappeared. It's just a little quiet.

I have given up my lovely studio, it seemed to be the right decision for the time being, but it has left a hole behind. I'm shrinking my practice to the sailboat, as I am a liveaboard. I have a desire to work smaller. To go back to the basics. To sketch. Draw.

This feels like a time of transition that has been a long time coming. So in this introspective time, I'm also taking the opportunity to explore other artists: their work, their process...

Here is an artist I am very fond of... she inspires me and her work is so very rich. Her name is Jylian Gustlin. Go here to see to see more of her creations. I particularly love her sketches,  see them here.

Icarus 11 by Jylian Gustlin

Her images are raw and powerful.

I am in love with the textures and colours.

The figures.

All of it.

Exploring Melancholy

 

William Blake 

Illustration to Milton's “Il Penseroso”

c. 1816-20

Melancholy, 1891

Edvard Munch

Oil on canvas

72 x 98 cm

 Melencolia I

Albrecht Dürer

Engraving

1514

 

Fantastical Landscapes

I feel a kinship. Something in this artist's work reveals a part of me to myself.  He creates floating, whimsical landscapes one wants to get lost in...  They seem at once familiar, yet oddly dreamlike... this dicotomy makes the eye want to wander aimlessly over the  cascading and intricate sculptures... 

I feel giddy when I look at Chris Natrop's work.